Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

90–100% · Very likely
overall probability at Coiba National Park

Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park

Requiem shark

Requiem shark

🌅 Crepuscular Shark / Ray

Carcharhinus limbatus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

90–100
Jan
90–100
Feb
90–100
Mar
90–100
Apr
90–100
May
90–100
Jun
90–100
Jul
90–100
Aug
90–100
Sep
90–100
Oct
90–100
Nov
90–100
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
90–100%
2 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
90–100%
3 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
70–80%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Whitetip Reef Shark in Coiba National Park?

About 93% of visitor-days record a Whitetip Reef Shark sighting in Coiba National Park, based on 125 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Whitetip Reef Shark in Coiba National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Whitetip Reef Shark in Coiba National Park in our monthly data.

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